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    Informative Outline: The Evolution and Psychology of The Modern Music Festival Experience Topic: How music festivals have transformed since the 1950s and the psychology behind why Organization: Chronological/Topical Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about how modern music festivals emerged and how/why they have completely transformed globally 1. Introduction Attention Getter: When we think of the beginning of music festivals it takes us back to 1969, when 400,000 hippies gathered at a 600-acre

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    The Monterey Pop Festival in California which took place in 1967 was the launch for careers for The Who and Janis Joplin where memorable moments came when Jimmy Hendrix set his guitar on fire, one of the most celebrated cultural moments in rock history. The attendance

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    conflict. In addition to this information we are given the names of the performers who participated in the concert. This site also has information of other events that took place during the 60’s, such as The Monterey International Pop Festival, which took place in order to show that pop music should be accepted as a serious art form, as jazz was. This event first took place in the summer of 1967. This site also includes additional links, but these are the ones that I felt were useful. The second

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    One of the most famous of these was the Monterey International Pop Music Festival in 1967. It was held in California. Both the Beatles and the Beach Boys were supposed to appear but both of them cancelled. Jimi Hendrix was one of the artists that were there. This helped him become an American star because

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    For the last five years and counting, Monterey, California, has increasingly become a hot spot to visit during Memorial Day Weekend. Besides the great weather and beautiful sights along the coast, the area’s biggest attraction for the long weekend is now known as the California Roots Music and Arts Festival. Today, announcements were made for the first wave of roots-rock-reggae artists to be featured at the 6th annual event. Atop the list of well-rounded artists are San Diego’s very own, Slightly

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    Competitive Forces. The competitive force is a system to understand an industry by examining the interactions among competitors in an industry or non-profit sector: potential new entrants, substitute offerings, suppliers, and buyers to the non-profit sector (Ketchen & Short, 2015, Section 3.1). To help analyze the forces a professor by the name Michael Porter developed a popular analytical tool used in the business world to identify how much profit potential exists in an industry (Ketchen & Short

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    personally, I didn’t really understand the full picture of what others had to go through. Having dyslexia, the only subject I felt I really excelled in was art. After high school, I still had no idea what I wanted to do for a career or even a major. Monterey Peninsula College has boosted my confidence by showing me that I can be and do much more. Two years ago I would never have guessed that I would be applying to the University of Washington. Since Pacific

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    loans. This is why i've decided to apply to as many scholarships as I can, apply for financial aid, work and go to college right after high school to continue my dream of being a physical therapist. I plan to attend California State University (CSU Monterey Bay) in the fall of 2018 to major in

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    grade, Harper was turning eleven. For her eleventh birthday, she decided she wanted to go on a weekend vacation, and she invited me to go with her (because what would a birthday be without your family and best friend). For her birthcation we went to Monterey with her mom and dad, her little brother, Holden, and her grandparents. Her family packed their things into the car, and came to my house to pick me up. We put my backpack into the back of the car, and Harper and I sat in the way back. On the way

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    History 140 Midterm Richard Henry Dana came from a prominent Brahmin family. He attended Harvard college but was forced to drop out his junior year due to a measles attack which temporarily affected his eyesight. Dana wanted to tour Europe but was unable to afford it. Instead, he decided to sign on as a seaman at nineteen years old, and sailed around Cape Horn to California. When trying to recall his motives for becoming a seaman he wasn't sure if it was his "desire to cure my eyes, my

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